Glasgow Independent Games Festival @glasgowindiegamesfest.org Bringing the best indie games to Glasgow ⋆｡°✩
. ݁₊⊹ July 11-12 2026 ⊹₊ ݁.
📍BAaD
https://glasgowindiegamesfest.org/links/
Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social 🔸Irish 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 dev / Glasgow Indie Games Fest / PizzaJam 🔸
Making indie 𝒥𝒶𝓂ℯ𝓈 : ComputerJames.itch.io
(Stealth Crossword, Dogman95)
Alan Hazelden @alanhazelden.bsky.social Head Draknek at Draknek & Friends (@draknek.bsky.social). He/him.
Personal website: https://alan.draknek.org/
Starmaps @starmapsgames.bsky.social Developer (as Starmaps) of puzzle games Cipher Set, Bilattice and Starhopper. Experimental electronic musician (as Galarem). Human (as Jackson).
Orta Therox @orta.io Somewhat indie games dev/founder on @puzzmo.com with @stfj.net and friends - always thinking about dev tooling
Prior work on @typescriptlang.org and @artsy.net
Rachel Heleva @hlywa.bsky.social games, systems, verse @ http://singlab.org
building playable culture @ http://themade.org
scouting games & supporting teams @ https://tophat.studio/
Patrick Beer @patrickbeer.bsky.social Created Upalu Mundi
🚂 s.team/a/3623200
Levi Pinkert @levi-pinkert.bsky.social Designer & Programmer of Loophole, The WereCleaner
Liari @liari.bsky.social Crossword setter - as Liari (The Independent, Unch); Apus (Times QC); Pavo (Guardian); Potoroo (w/ Umpire, Telegraph Toughie); Myself (Telegraph, Crossword Flow and elsewhere).
One of the Unch Bunch.
Super-duper Independent crossword setter? (5)
Kyle Banks @kylewbanks.com Makes games, occasional YouTuber, BAFTA Breakthrough 2025.
Farewell North available on Steam, Switch, Xbox and PS5 👇♥️
https://farewell-north.com/links
Sean Barrett @nothings.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 ally, BLM, gamedev (Thief, Promesst), original Indie Game Jam cofounder, popularized C header-file-only libs w/stb. he/him
Larry, I'm on DuckTales.
https://nothings.org
Grzegorz Bednorz @grzegorz-bednorz.bsky.social I'm an indie game developer and music composer.
I made music for two puzzle games: Taiji and Trifoil.
Working on music for Would You Love Me If I Was a Snake.
Trifoil - Demo on steam @trifoil.bsky.social I'm the developer of Trifoil, a mind bending line drawing puzzle game. Wish list on steam, demo out now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3085710/Trifoil/
Portponky @portponky.bsky.social Hatched from a Syxragian cocoon on primordial Earth during the seeding cycle, I raised my fist to the sky and yelled at the eye of God, etc..
www.shamblessoftware.co.uk
Wenzel Jakob @wjakob.bsky.social Associate professor leading EPFL's Realistic Graphics Lab. My research involves inverse graphics, material appearance modeling and physically based rendering
Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social I write games & jokes. Sometimes both.
⌛ past: journalist & presenter @ ONM, OXM, Nintendo Life, The Guardian, GameSpot, Xbox, Minecraft, etc
🔮 present: games writer @ Moonstone Island, Owlchemy, & Hello Kitty Island Adventure
@ Nova Scotia, Canada
Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com Dad, islander, writer, & Hugo winner. Words for WIRED, Kotaku, Vulture, & more. Commodore 1702 enthusiast. he/him.
Rep'd by Eric Smith.
🎧 Co-host of @funfactorpod.com
📚 FIGHT, MAGIC, ITEMS and SUIKODEN 1 & 2
🛰️ Newsletter: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com
Nozomu @nozomugames.com Creating experiences: nozomugames.com
Currently making Burn With Me: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2954010
Blue Prince @blueprincegame.bsky.social Blue Prince is a genre-defying atmospheric adventure. Developed by @Dogubomb.bsky.social. Published by @rawfury.bsky.social. Out Now on Steam, Mac, Xbox, PS5 & NS2
Join the Discord https://discord.gg/BluePrince
Play now: https://linktr.ee/blueprincegame
Tim (Frycandle) @frycandle.bsky.social Tim | Game Developer | Working on The Button Effect, a minimalist first-person puzzle game about hidden connections and spatial insights
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2299940/The_Button_Effect/
Sliding Hero 2.0 - Out now @silentchicken.bsky.social Solo #indiedev - Developer of #SlidingHero, a #Metroidvania puzzle adventure.
Get it on Steam: https://bit.ly/WishlistSlidingHero
#zelda #pixelart #indiegame #gamedev #metroidvania #sokoban
David Rattigan @davidrattigan.bsky.social clown adjacent | probably thinking about Epcot | prev: Neonhive, Social Chain, UNILAD | views my own | he/him
Rach Macpherson @rachmacp.bsky.social Marketing officer at GCHC ✨ videogames person 💛 MCV/Develop 30 under 30 2024 💛 Co-founder of Glyph Lit Mag
Gwen Frey @diregoldfish.bsky.social Ex-AAA dev (BioShock Infinite & more) Founded Chump Squad, developed KINE & now LAB RAT.
➕ Wishlist LAB RAT! http://bit.ly/3nQcGbY
➕ Discord: http://discord.gg/ddceuCkWSq
Martin Games @martingames.bsky.social Sokobos 2 Demo
store.steampowered.com/app/3422180/Sokobos_2/?utm_source=bsky
Laura Cress @cressup.bsky.social BBC journo interested in gaming, tech and culture | ⭐ MCV Women in Games 2025 Journalism Impact Nominee | 🕹️ Adventure game lover and streamer! twitch.tv/cressup | https://linktr.ee/lauracress | Work email: firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk
Rachel Watts @rachelwatts.bsky.social 🧩 Marketing @draknek.bsky.social
🎙 Co-host @indieventurepodcast.co.uk
📘 Author of COCOON: Design Works @lostincult.co.uk
📝 Tired ex-journo @ Thinky Games, PC Gamer, RPS, GamesRadar+, Edge etc.
📧 rachelwatts150[a]gmail.com
she/her/ace
David Brownman @xavd.id Software developer, tinkerer, enthusiast. Currently slinging bits at Stripe.
For my media reviews, see: @david.reviews.
Blog & more: https://xavd.id
A Tribe Called SideQuest @peagle05.blacksky.app Eagles Fan | PR in Gaming | I still write about Video Games for DAR Sports/Media and Punished Backlog | Formerly Eclipse Theory and Vice | Play indies, watch wrestling and do what you love.
Email: eclipsetheorytony@gmail.com
Laure De Mey @lauredm.bsky.social Creative Director on Botany Manor, now working on something new ✨ prev: programmer @ustwogames | BAFTA Breakthrough UK | Obsessed with anything procedural | 🇧🇪 | She/Her
🌱 eli rainsberry 🌱 @elirainsberry.com composer -- sound artist -- audio + music designer -- they/them
elirainsberry@gmail.com -- elirainsberry.com
currently: Signet City + Bad Magpie + Surf Club
previously: Wilmot Works It Out, Flock, Saltsea Chronicles, No Longer Home, A Monster’s Expedition
Kitt Byrne @kittbyrne.bsky.social ✧ Game Artist & Designer who loves making historical puzzle games
✧ Botany Manor, The Mermaid Mask, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
✧ BAFTA Breakthrough 2023
✧ She/They 💖💜💙🏳️🌈 
Norgg @norgg.org programmer/parent
http://norgg.org
http://edindi.es
they/them
profile pic by an amicable animal
Mischief Dev @mischiefdev.bsky.social Rat in disguise
Making whimsical discovery-driven games
Kim Swift @k2theswift.bsky.social Game Creative and Business Strategist. Ex- Xbox/Google/EA/Amazon/Valve.
Jagriff @jagriff.bsky.social Solo dev of open-world penguin puzzler Gentoo Rescue (steampowered.com/app/2830480/)
Other interests: 1v1 AFPS, RTS, platform fighters, cs+math (PhD), ergo keyboards, PC hardware, baseball, piano, Esperanto, and cats
https://www.twitch.tv/jagriff
Daniel Linssen @managore.bsky.social I make games
https://managore.itch.io/
https://bit.ly/leapyearonsteam
edindies @edindies.bsky.social Edinburgh gamesdev co-working, chats and playtesting
LadiesGamers.com @ladiesgamers.bsky.social Reviews, gaming news and interviews with personal stories thrown in. We promote indie games with a preference for wholesome games.
https://ladiesgamers.com
Stretchmancer 💫 Stretch the galaxy! @stretchmancer.bsky.social 🦎🤙 WISHLIST NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2929290?utm_source=bluesky&utm_content=bio
A funny first-person-puzzler where everything is STRETCHY.
Mike Kasprzak❓🦈🍁 @distraction.engineer Former professional GameDev (1999+); IGF Finalist (2009); Retro, DIY, Repair, C64 nerd; AKA PoV, PoVRAZOR, VA3POV 📻; They/them; 🍁
Caretake and co-creator of the @ludumdare.com online game jam
Empathy is punk! Trans rights! 🏳️⚧️💜🤘
Clever Endeavour Games @clevendeavgames.bsky.social 🐔🐴 Creators of Ultimate Chicken Horse
🐑🦝 Creators of Ultimate Sheep Raccoon
📍 Montreal, Canada
Website: cleverendeavourgames.com
Discord: discord.gg/UCH
Merch: https://clever-endeavour-shop.fourthwall.com/
Lucas Pope @dukope.bsky.social Game developer. Mars After Midnight, Return of the Obra Dinn, Papers Please, Republia Times, Helsing's Fire, Mightier, etc.
dicey @dicey.bsky.social tunic
he/him
https://twitch.tv/andrewshouldice
Shape Sender Deluxe ⭐️ by Dead Teapot @deadteapot.games Aotearoa, New Zealand-based studio making Shape Sender Deluxe!
🟡 🟧 ⭐️
⭐️ Wishlist here ⭐️ s.team/a/2976470
Pipapo Games @pipapogames.bsky.social 🎉 Map Map - A Game About Maps - Out Now on Steam! 🎉
Indie Game Studio
funded by Gamecity Hamburg
✨ Play Now s.team/a/2702260/
🧡 Join us on discord.gg/W47cSBnmE7
🗺️ Other Socials wonderl.ink/@pipapogames
B-DeshiDev 🇧🇩 | Compress(space) Demo is out! @b-deshidev.bsky.social Hobbyist Bangladeshi gamedev | neurodivergent
Currently making Compress(space).
I also made: Control : Override.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/1406090/Co…
Petallix Games @petallixgames.bsky.social Making BACKTRACE, a 1-bit puzzle game about retro computer lesbians! 💾🤍
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4501150/Backtrace_Mechanisms_for_Forgetting/
usami / イタチラボ @usam1111.bsky.social itach lab / Puzzle Game Developer / スライムパズルストーリー https://i-tach.com/sps/ / 止まるなコロッコ / コロッコトロッコ /
Unityを使ったお仕事もしています。
Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social Lead developer of Nightwell Games. Currently surviving the aftermath of the Eaton Fire. All-ages deduction game DEDUCTOPIA coming soon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4429720/Deductopia/
Simon Clark @simonoxfphys.com Science communicator, video maker, author, podcast creator. PhD in theoretical atmospheric physics. Born at 354 ppm.
Ambassador for @coolearthaction
https://linktr.ee/simonoxfphys
Wibs @wibswobs.bsky.social 3D artisting my way through life with a little doodling on the side • she/her •
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/wibswobs
Nurikabe World: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2964540/Nurikabe_World/
Wood and Flesh: Chapter 2 🎂♥️ WISHLIST ON STEAM @underthebedgames.com Indie studio behind Tales from Candleforth and Wood & Flesh 🍂
We handcraft story-driven horror and puzzle experiences 🗝️
WISHLIST WOOD & FLESH: CHAPTER 2 ON STEAM 🎂
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3726000/Wood__Flesh_chapter_2/?curator_clanid=26313437
Amykate @amykate.bsky.social General purpose nerd for your nerding needs. Project manager, excel lover, gamer, boardgamer, recovering php developer, amdram lover, crochet is life
Tim Angus @timang.us https://timang.us
Chris Perry @perridot.bsky.social He/Him Game developer 😁 #GameDev
Solo Dev working on Oh!Ware
WISHLIST AND PLAY THE DEMO NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4334030/OhWare_Demo/
Tom Betts @tomnullpointer.bsky.social UK Indie Game Dev - Recently "The Horror At Highrook"
A clockwork-card narrative-board game
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2836860/The_Horror_at_Highrook/
Previously "Into The Pit", BigRobot, Phd in the digital sublime
clickmazes @clickmazes.bsky.social Puzzle designer. Software Engineer. Campanologist.
nat alison @tesseralis.site peddler of math explorables and puzzles
https://tesseralis.site
https://ko-fi.com/tesseralis
ekorz.bsky.social @ekorz.bsky.social Made Chroma Zero, a first-person puzzle game about exploring a fragile world and discovering how to bring it balance. Out now on Steam, PS5, Xbox X|S. Occasionally romhacks, mostly m68k.
Tom Brewster @tombrewster.bsky.social 🍐 SU&SD 🍐 / kinda on hiatus
Astra Logical @astragames.bsky.social Publisher of systems & strategy games that don’t hate you. http://astralogical.org
Andy Robertson @geekdadgamer.bsky.social Digital Play Journalist for Forbes, BBC, Guardian. Brings games to unusual spaces, festivals and cathedrals. Makes cool stuff:
📕https://mybook.to/whatwashidden
📘https://mybook.to/taminggaming
🎯http://www.ludocene.com
🔎http://www.familygamingdatabase.com
@leaving-leaves.bsky.social @leaving-leaves.bsky.social 
Jesse Guarascia @jesseguarascia.com currently: Community Manager/Social Media Content @ KO_OP, prev: /noclip & noclip_2, Talking Simpsons, Blowback, Matt McMuscles | 📧hello@jesseguarascia.com | he/him 🇨🇦
munted finger @muntedfinger.bsky.social Developer of Can of Wormholes on Steam and Nintendo Switch
https://muntedfinger.com
800pixelgorilla @800pixelgorilla.bsky.social 
Daniel Peake @quizzydan.bsky.social Deputy Puzzles Editor at a UK newspaper, picture researcher / question writer for Only Connect.
I stream puzzles and games a few evenings a week at: twitch.tv/quizzydan
All views here are my own and not those of any of my employers.
Kate Killick (Glowfrog Games) @katekillick.bsky.social Game designer / founder at Glowfrog Games. Making cosy scrapbooking game Pieced Together - out now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2891370/Pieced_Together/
BAFTA winner. Freelance designer.
Victoria Coren Mitchell @vcorenmitchell.bsky.social Writer, poker player and accidental quiz show host.
@boonitch.bsky.social @boonitch.bsky.social Currently working on an indie puzzle game that’s 10+ years in the making!
🇨🇦 Grapple Bug 🇨🇦 @grapplebug.bsky.social I'm making Woten DX - Traveller's Dream! ⭐: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1438450/Woten_DX__Travellers_Dream/ This is my dev/personal/whatever account. Welcome!
Indieventure: A Podcast About Indie Games @indieventurepodcast.co.uk Join three friends as they embark on an adventure to discover the best indie games ⚔️ 💫 Hosted by @greenlady17.bsky.social, @rachelwatts.bsky.social, and @sevenoutoften.co.uk. Episodes released fortnightly! 🏳️🌈 ✨
noleafcloverlp @noleafcloverlp.bsky.social clover | YT videos & streams | Minecraft & Puzzle Games!
https://www.youtube.com/@noleafcloverlp
https://www.twitch.tv/noleafcloverlp
increpare @increpare.bsky.social Game developer in Berlin, innit.
www.increpare.com
authorblues @authorblu.es he/him 🏳️🌈 | twitch partner | former-ish speedrunner | cs prof | generative AI luddite 🎮 biz: authorblues@gmail.com
Sid Fish @sidfish.bsky.social Part-time gamedev working on a few projects. Need to ship one, wish me luck!
Fachewachewa @fachewachewa.itch.io Making games no one asked for
En/Fr
Michael Brough @smestorp.bsky.social good wizard
Bart Bonte @bartbonte.bsky.social indie game designer,
contact/music/games: http://linktr.ee/bartbonte
Matt @matthfuller.bsky.social I write about games sometimes.
Words at Bonus Action, Gamepur, BigBossBattle, Gamerant, Warp Door, Keengamer.
Harry Damm (D Fast) @harrydamm.bsky.social MA. Music & sound design; Puzzles, game and level design. Knytt series, Lethal League Blaze, Perkele!, Radical Rockits, Puddle Knights, Robotry!
harrydamm.com
Raindrinker ❄ Icedrop Games @raindrinker.bsky.social I place pixels, make games, and teach!
Icedrop Games ❄ LOK Digital, 1 Billion Spells, Ultrapool
He/him
Dywindel @dywindel.bsky.social I make games: https://bsky.app/profile/bonpsi.bsky.social - He/Him - Gay - Research - Music - Gay - Games - More Gay
Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com News + Opinions. UK based. One person mostly.
Support on Patreon: http://patreon.com/gamingonlinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com (official account).
Email tips: contact@gamingonlinux.com
Anthony Berleur @anthonyberleur.bsky.social I make game, I work on Ligo for now
http://store.steampowered.com/app/2462810
Pavol Buday @spacejunker.bsky.social Alive to play, playing to stay alive.
Creator @gameconf.bsky.social, co-founder SlovakGameDevAssociation. Biz dev at IndieBI
Heather Jackson @hjack.bsky.social hjack.dev
Liney @lineygames.bsky.social Programmer and gamedev
Making games with Queensguard and solo
Press Start 2025 Grantee
Astra Fellow 2023 / she/her
Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GMTK
🍓 GMTK Game Jam: http://gmtk.itch.io
🔠 Word Play: http://s.team/a/3586660/
🧲 Mind Over Magnet: http://s.team/a/2685900/
Mark Clerkin @handle.invalid In many parallel worlds I am a successful multidisciplinary scientist.
In this one though, not so much. LOL.
INFJ living with depression and anxiety. He/Him.
Idolon @idolon.bsky.social I'm Anya! Architect and indie game dev, AKA Two-Headed Deer.
I made Clover's Quadrants:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3191170/Clovers_Quadrants/
🏳️⚧️ they/she, 30s, Iowa USA
https://deertwoheads.com/
pfp by osmoru
Antti Tiihonen @anttitiihonen.bsky.social Wishlist or playtest Reconfigure: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3989530/Reconfigure/
Co-founder Almost Human (Legend of Grimrock) & I run Hapatus Ltd for my own games + freelancing (Noita, Control, Druidstone). Game design, gfx, synths
Le Slo @leslo.bsky.social Freelance Puzzle designer. lucas.le.slo.games@gmail.com
Indie game developer. https://le-slo.itch.io/
Looking for something (?) Language enthusiast.
Ollie Powell @olliepow.bsky.social Indie Developer making rad game Stretchmancer with friends! https://ollie-powell.co.uk
Previously Animation Code Lead at Frontier.
dtrebella @dtrebella.bsky.social Founder of Spoke & Wheel Strategy. PR/marketing for indie games, tech & startups. Theatre lover, chocolate eater & dog snuggler. Dana@spokeandwheelstrategy.com
Mael Duin 🧩 @maelduinplays.bsky.social Puzzle games Streamers, Content Creator and Steam curator @ Puzzle Lovers. Gameplays, reviews, interviews and more.
🔴YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@Mael_Duin/
🟣Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/mael_duin
🔵Discord - NoClue💡: https://discord.gg/KqG2WnsYAZ
Tad Cordle @rbdjellyfish.bsky.social Gameplay code @mediamolecule; puzzle game designer (A Little Perspective, Sensorium); washed LBP speedrunner http://twitch.tv/rbdjellyfish
#indiegames #gamedev
Ethan Clark @ethanclark.bsky.social Game Developer/Programmer. N Step Steve, Tauriel Teaches Typing, Bee Magic, Parallel Dungeons, & more. Opinions my own. (they/them)
@parachor.bsky.social @parachor.bsky.social 🇦🇺 🏳️🌈 | Australian hobbyist gamedev | Puzzle & artgame fan | Music enthusiast | (former) Rhythm game mapper/player
Reliquia Park is out now!!